Ghost Party

aka "Midnight Party", "Hugo das Schlossgespenst" Keep on Running... THE GHOST IS COMING! Author: Wolfgang Kramer Graphics: Nicole Baron, Bernard Giroud, and McLeod Warner Ltd. Strategy game for 2 - 8 players, ages 8 to adult. Contents: 30 playing figures (6 red, 6 blue, 5 turquoise, 4 yellow, 3 black, 2 green, 2 white, 2 purple), 1 ghost figure, 1 dice, 1 game board, game rules. It's Hugo the Ghost's birthday party, and you are invited to join the spooky celebrations. The fun begins when our party pooping poltergeist emerges from the dark cellar, and starts to climb the staircase. He's hoping to catch as many guests as possible, and the only escape is to dash into an empty room, or be caught! OBJECT OF THE GAME Each player tries to hide from Hugo, and not be captured. Those who are accumulate penalty points. At the end of three rounds, the player with the fewest penalty points wins. GAME PREPARATION Hugo the Ghost begins on the lowest step, just in front of the door to the wine cellar. Players choose playing figures as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------ • If there are two players each takes 6 figures, in red or blue. • Tree players take 5 figures each, in red, blue, or turquoise. • Four players take 4 figures each, in red, blue, turquoise or yellow. • Five players take 3 figures each, in red, blue, turquoise, yellow or black. • Six, seven or eight players take 2 figures each. ------------------------------------------------------------ Find paper and pencil, and you are ready to begin play. GAME RULES Each game consists of three rounds. During each round players promenade around the gallery until Hugo reaches the top of the stairs. To escape capture, players dash for open, unoccupied rooms. The round continues until all players have either hidden or been captured or Hugo moved three times around the gallery. THE GUESTS ARRIVE Players decide which of them shall begin. Play then proceeds in a clockwise direction as one by one the gues